[SOLVED] Ram and motherboard compatibility..

[the_sandee]

I need to know that, can I use 1 single RAM stick on MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard? And the RAM is Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2400 cmk8gx4m1a2400c16r..

 

[jeremyj_83]

Yes you can use a single stick of RAM in a B450 motherboard, however, you will cut your bandwidth in half to the CPU. What CPU are you looking at using in this motherboard?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

It will probably work, but I would not recommend it. Ryzen CPUs depend on RAM performance and running a single stick of RAM in a dual channel motherboard is going to hurt performance.

If you go with one stick now and get another later, that may not work as mixing and matching RAM does not always work well togther, even of the same model. This is why RAM is sold in kits as they are tested to work together.

In the end, it should work, but it will hurt performance and may cause a headache down the road. I would also spring for 3000mzh or higher RAM. Look for a 2x4gb kit of 3000mzh DDR4 RAM>

 

[the_sandee]

Yes you can use a single stick of RAM in a B450 motherboard, however, you will cut your bandwidth in half to the CPU. What CPU are you looking at using in this motherboard?

Ryzen 2600/2600x

 

[the_sandee]

How about if I take a 1x4Gb Ram stick with 1x8gb Ram stick. will it work?

 

[jeremyj_83]

How about if I take a 1x4Gb Ram stick with 1x8gb Ram stick. will it work?

The best thing to do is get a 2x8GB DDR4-3000 kit and install that.

 

[the_sandee]

How about if I take a 1x4Gb Ram stick with 1x8gb Ram stick. will it work?

The best thing to do is get a 2x8GB DDR4-3000 kit and install that.

Actually the problem is I have 1x8gb DDR4 2400 Ram.

 

[jeremyj_83]

How about if I take a 1x4Gb Ram stick with 1x8gb Ram stick. will it work?

The best thing to do is get a 2x8GB DDR4-3000 kit and install that.

Actually the problem is I have 1x8gb DDR4 2400 Ram.

Sell the stick of RAM and use the money from it to go to a new set.

 

[the_sandee]

How about if I take a 1x4Gb Ram stick with 1x8gb Ram stick. will it work?

The best thing to do is get a 2x8GB DDR4-3000 kit and install that.

Actually the problem is I have 1x8gb DDR4 2400 Ram.

Sell the stick of RAM and use the money from it to go to a new set.

Oke, thanks for help.